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As a Golfweek Amateur Tour Member, you will receive membership into a -USGA compliant club through USHandicap.com and issued an official USGA index.

Within 60 days of joining the tour and filling out the 2019 registration, each member will receive an email from USHandicap with instructions on how to sign into your account. You will not be able to access your Silver membership until you receive the confirmation email. Nothing will be mailed, everything will be done via email address.

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Schmidt, Hickey, Shartzer, Johnson and Hill all claim this years first major!

The Regent Park event (Next Tour Stop); for April 30th has been changed to River Hills CC on Lake Wylie. 1:30pm shotgun start.

Please email me back (Yes or No) on this great private club. Always a challenge probably the tightest course we play all year on tour. Great shotmakers course. Don't miss this one if your new to the tour!

Practice rounds are available weekedays for only $35.

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Champ (Black)

A & B (Silver)

C & D Flight (Blue)

Thanks again to all the players who participated in this year first major. Day one was the wind storm but day 2 the weather and course were perfect. Congrats again goes out to all of our winners.

Five Charlotte Golfweek Amateur Tour players have now punched their ticket for the 2011 National Championship in Hilton Head, SC.

Stonebridge GC once again showed why it is a favorite stop on tour.Saturday even with torrential down pours of rain before our start the course was still dry enough to not be cart path only.The greens were perfect both days and the winds finally died down for a perfect Sunday final round.

Day One was one of the windiest days I can remember in running 17 years of tour events. Thus the higher scores on Saturday and big score changes on Sunday with several players coming from way behind to capture victory.

Championship Flight:

Dave Schmidt was the only player to break 80 on Saturday and followed that up with a smooth 3 under par 69 on Sunday.Schmidt’s total of 2 under par 142 gave him his second Stonebridge Masters win in a row.Greg Harrold looked to be finishing around 4th place for the weekend entering the 190 par three 17th.This hole had been one of the toughest on the course but Harrold managed to birdie it both days; Saturday Greg knocked it to within 6 inches Sunday he made a nice putt for his birdie 2.On the par 5 eighteenth hole Harrold made eagle to finish the 2 days at 154.Those last 2 holes were big skins winners for Greg who grabbed second place and lots of skins money.Mark Savage was one of many players to improve by 10 or more shots on Sunday as he finished 84-74=158 good for third place money.Randy Peck rounded out the top 4 spots finishing at 159.

A Flight:

After day one Steve Espin (78) held the lead by one shot over Dennis Reames (79) with no other players breaking 80.Then came Sunday and some great turn around scores by Chris Hickey and Daryl Ewing.First Ewing posted a 74 which was a nine stroke improvement from Saturday and gave him 83-74=157 total.Then Chris Hickey’s score was posted a one under par 71 giving him a 15 shot turn around from Saturday.Both Ewing and Hickey finished tied at 157 and went to the par 4 10th hole for sudden-death.It would only last that one hole as Hickey made a par and Ewing pushed his drive into the pond for bogie.Dennis Reames had a chance for the outright win and then or getting in the playoff as he stood over an eagle putt on the 18th.Reames eagle putt chance ended up 4 feet from the hole for birdie but when that putt slid by the hole Reames had to settle for a third place finish at 158.Day one leader Steve Espin had a little trouble on Sunday and finished with Greg McCoy at 162.

B Flight:

Mike Espin kept the brother tandem in the overnight leads with a fine 78 on Saturday.Mike must like the wind as he was the only player in the flight to break 80.Sunday saw perfect conditions and Bart Shartzer seized his opportunity as Espin started to slip early on Sundays round.Shartzer finally caught Espin with a brilliant 79 on Sunday for a 2 day total of 83-79=162 equaling Espin who had 78-84=162.Again the sudden-death playoff went to the 10th hole and again a splash was the difference in the victory.Mike Espin hit his drive into the pond and Shartzer made par for the victory.Bart must have inspired his dad who players on the senior division as he also won for the first time on tour with 78 at The Peninsula Monday in A Flight.Gary Kochman grabbed third with a pair of 82’s and Joel Barlowe 4th with a 166 total.

C Flight:

Matt Johnson won by only 2 shots as he fired 86-85-171 to beat out 3 other players at 173.Dana Greer won second place on the card beating out Jeff Cottom who got third and Ken Burke in 4th.Nolan Elenz rounded out the top five with 174.

D Flight:

Mike Hill advanced to Hilton Head with his first major victory fring 90-85=175 to win by 7 shots.Richard Marraza finished in second place at 182 and Todd McGhee3rd with 192.Tidewater’s Barry McConnell made the trip down with B flighter and Tour Director Lyle Joyner and finished in 4th place with 201.

Thanks to both players for making the trip down to play, which is a great part of being a tour member it gives you the opportunity to play on any tour event around to country.Joyner would like to see a group of Charlotte guys come up to Virginia on an off week to compete.Tidewater has one of this biggest tours in the country so competition will be fierce; they have 124 this weekend for an 8am shotgun start!